is a Japanese politician of the

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(LDP) who is the current member of the

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for Yamagata 3rd district. She served as Minister of State in the Kishida Cabinet. Kato graduated from

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Faculty of Law in 2003 and from the

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of Columbia University in 2008. Kato was elected in the

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to the same seat as her father Koichi Kato, a longtime member of the House of Representatives for Yamagata Prefecture who had lost the seat in the 2012 general election. From 2006 to 2009, Kato was married to LDP politician Kensuke Miyazaki, who later served as member for Kyoto 3rd district from 2012 to 2016.

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1979 births Living people Keio University alumni Politicians from Yamagata Prefecture 21st-century Japanese women politicians Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) politicians Members of the House of Representatives (Japan) 2014–2017 Members of the House of Representatives (Japan) 2017–2021 Members of the House of Representatives (Japan) 2021–2024 Members of the House of Representatives (Japan) 2024– {{Japan-politician-1970s-stub